Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 75 57
Rank change year-on-year -45 -18 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,359 1,525 3,696
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.64% 3.73% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 4.01% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 911 1,055 2,800
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -4.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,076 38,012 79,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.99% 86.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38,955 22,518 58,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -8.26%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -33 1,239 £77,500 +3.33% 515
London +7 676 £87,500 +1.45% 226
Work from Home -22 600 £70,000 -2.77% 349
UK excluding London -113 574 £67,500 -3.57% 339
North of England -51 263 £67,500 -6.24% 130
North West -46 121 £68,750 -3.51% 76
South East -113 119 £75,000 +11.11% 90
Yorkshire -44 101 £70,000 -2.77% 31
South West -71 59 £63,750 -6.97% 35
Midlands -68 58 £67,500 +3.85% 36
North East -4 41 £65,000 +23.81% 28
East of England -27 39 £65,000 +13.04% 20
West Midlands -36 34 £72,500 +1.75% 21
Scotland -70 30 £60,000 -20.00% 16
East Midlands -70 23 £67,250 +3.46% 15
Wales -27 10 £54,185 +6.25% 13
Northern Ireland -40 5 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 30 (2.21%) Apache Spark
2 20 (1.47%) Apache
3 18 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.32%) Confluence
4 15 (1.10%) OpenStack
4 15 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 13 (0.96%) JBoss
6 11 (0.81%) IIS
6 11 (0.81%) WebSphere
7 9 (0.66%) CMS
8 5 (0.37%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.37%) Appian
9 4 (0.29%) Camunda
9 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.29%) nginx
10 3 (0.22%) Liferay
10 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.074%) CICS
Applications
1 14 (1.03%) MS Visio
2 11 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.52%) Maya
4 5 (0.37%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.074%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.15%) Endur
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.074%) Actimize
6 1 (0.074%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.074%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.074%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.074%) Quorum
6 1 (0.074%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.074%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.074%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 745 (54.82%) AWS
2 574 (42.24%) Azure
3 309 (22.74%) GCP
4 246 (18.10%) Serverless
5 167 (12.29%) SaaS
6 116 (8.54%) AWS Lambda
6 116 (8.54%) GitHub
7 112 (8.24%) Amazon S3
8 104 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
9 102 (7.51%) Amazon EKS
10 74 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 71 (5.22%) Amazon SQS
12 70 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
13 56 (4.12%) Amazon EC2
14 52 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 47 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
15 47 (3.46%) OpenShift
16 43 (3.16%) PaaS
17 39 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
18 37 (2.72%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.75%) Broadband
2 10 (0.74%) HTTP
3 8 (0.59%) AMQP
3 8 (0.59%) Network Security
4 7 (0.52%) Firewall
4 7 (0.52%) Internet
5 6 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (0.44%) DNS
6 5 (0.37%) DHCP
6 5 (0.37%) MQTT
7 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.29%) SNMP
7 4 (0.29%) WAN
8 3 (0.22%) Modbus
8 3 (0.22%) Multicast
8 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.15%) LTE
9 2 (0.15%) SSL
10 1 (0.074%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (13.61%) NoSQL
2 172 (12.66%) PostgreSQL
3 115 (8.46%) MongoDB
4 110 (8.09%) SQL Server
5 71 (5.22%) MySQL
6 69 (5.08%) Relational Database
7 66 (4.86%) DynamoDB
8 46 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
9 39 (2.87%) Redis
10 35 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
11 33 (2.43%) BigQuery
12 30 (2.21%) Big Data
13 22 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 22 (1.62%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.03%) Power BI
15 13 (0.96%) DB2
15 13 (0.96%) Pinecone
16 11 (0.81%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 188 (13.83%) Git
2 127 (9.35%) Jenkins
3 88 (6.48%) GitLab
4 55 (4.05%) TeamCity
5 49 (3.61%) JIRA
6 43 (3.16%) Cucumber
7 34 (2.50%) JUnit
8 31 (2.28%) Cypress.io
8 31 (2.28%) Selenium
9 30 (2.21%) CircleCI
10 20 (1.47%) Bitbucket
11 18 (1.32%) Maven
11 18 (1.32%) Mockito
12 14 (1.03%) Claude Code
13 13 (0.96%) SonarQube
14 11 (0.81%) Vite
15 10 (0.74%) JMeter
15 10 (0.74%) Postman
16 8 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
16 8 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 405 (29.80%) Finance
2 360 (26.49%) Social Skills
3 166 (12.21%) Banking
4 103 (7.58%) Law
5 97 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 89 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
7 76 (5.59%) Retail
8 71 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 57 (4.19%) Financial Institution
10 53 (3.90%) Telecoms
11 45 (3.31%) Back Office
12 23 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.40%) Legal
14 18 (1.32%) Advertising
14 18 (1.32%) Billing
15 17 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.10%) Games
17 14 (1.03%) Marketing
18 11 (0.81%) Manufacturing
18 11 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 465 (34.22%) Developer
2 361 (26.56%) Senior
3 281 (20.68%) Software Engineer
4 213 (15.67%) Architect
5 171 (12.58%) Lead
6 118 (8.68%) Senior Developer
7 117 (8.61%) Full-Stack Developer
8 110 (8.09%) Java Developer
9 97 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
9 97 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
10 89 (6.55%) Java Engineer
11 70 (5.15%) .NET Developer
12 64 (4.71%) Software Developer
13 52 (3.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 48 (3.53%) Java Software Engineer
15 45 (3.31%) Lead Developer
15 45 (3.31%) Principal Engineer
16 40 (2.94%) C# Developer
17 39 (2.87%) Senior Java Engineer
18 38 (2.80%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (22.37%) React
2 298 (21.93%) .NET
3 278 (20.46%) RESTful
4 224 (16.48%) Spring
5 217 (15.97%) REST
6 200 (14.72%) Node.js
7 195 (14.35%) Spring Boot
8 175 (12.88%) Kafka
9 112 (8.24%) AngularJS
10 92 (6.77%) gRPC
11 89 (6.55%) .NET Core
12 78 (5.74%) HTML
13 69 (5.08%) CSS
14 67 (4.93%) .NET Framework
15 65 (4.78%) RabbitMQ
16 57 (4.19%) ASP.NET
17 55 (4.05%) Vue
18 54 (3.97%) Django
18 54 (3.97%) Middleware
19 50 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 396 (29.14%) Cloud Native
2 245 (18.03%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (7.65%) Product Ownership
4 92 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (4.27%) Greenfield Project
6 53 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (3.31%) Over-the-Top Content
7 45 (3.31%) Video\Live Streaming
8 40 (2.94%) Data Structures
9 35 (2.58%) Algorithms
10 29 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
10 29 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.84%) Mobile App
12 24 (1.77%) Virtual Team
13 23 (1.69%) Blockchain
14 22 (1.62%) AI Agents
15 16 (1.18%) IoT
15 16 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
15 16 (1.18%) Management Information System
15 16 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (4.56%) Linux
2 25 (1.84%) Windows
3 16 (1.18%) Android
4 7 (0.52%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.52%) Unix
5 5 (0.37%) CentOS
5 5 (0.37%) Debian
5 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.074%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.074%) VMS
6 1 (0.074%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 661 (48.64%) CI/CD
2 546 (40.18%) Agile
3 534 (39.29%) DevOps
4 525 (38.63%) Software Engineering
5 382 (28.11%) Containerisation
6 316 (23.25%) Full-Stack Development
7 290 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
8 279 (20.53%) Mentoring
9 271 (19.94%) Event-Driven
10 263 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 261 (19.21%) Test Automation
12 237 (17.44%) AI
13 202 (14.86%) Infrastructure as Code
14 200 (14.72%) Computer Science
15 163 (11.99%) Scrum
16 161 (11.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 159 (11.70%) Clean Code
18 157 (11.55%) Technical Leadership
19 156 (11.48%) Roadmaps
20 150 (11.04%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 444 (32.67%) Java
2 378 (27.81%) Python
3 285 (20.97%) SQL
4 262 (19.28%) JavaScript
5 246 (18.10%) C#
6 210 (15.45%) TypeScript
7 124 (9.12%) Go
8 51 (3.75%) Scala
9 41 (3.02%) C++
9 41 (3.02%) PHP
10 35 (2.58%) Bash
11 34 (2.50%) C
12 29 (2.13%) Ruby
13 22 (1.62%) Kotlin
13 22 (1.62%) PL/SQL
14 17 (1.25%) PowerShell
15 16 (1.18%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.88%) Rust
17 10 (0.74%) Groovy
18 8 (0.59%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 197 (14.50%) Degree
2 120 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 117 (8.61%) Security Cleared
4 84 (6.18%) SC Cleared
5 59 (4.34%) AWS Certification
6 38 (2.80%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.80%) Master's Degree
7 31 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 26 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
10 16 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 15 (1.10%) CISSP
12 10 (0.74%) CISM
13 8 (0.59%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.59%) PhD
14 6 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.44%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.37%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.18%) QA
2 32 (2.35%) GDPR
3 27 (1.99%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.99%) PCI DSS
4 22 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.03%) SOC 2
6 13 (0.96%) NIST
7 10 (0.74%) NCSC
8 7 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.52%) GRC
9 6 (0.44%) IFRS
10 5 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.29%) SLA
11 4 (0.29%) WCAG
12 3 (0.22%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.22%) SEPA
13 1 (0.074%) EMIR
13 1 (0.074%) PSD2
System Software
1 420 (30.91%) Docker
2 13 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.074%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.074%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 422 (31.05%) Kubernetes
2 243 (17.88%) Terraform
3 89 (6.55%) Grafana
4 80 (5.89%) Ansible
5 39 (2.87%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.69%) Kibana
7 14 (1.03%) Argo
8 9 (0.66%) HP Fortify
8 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.44%) Puppet
10 5 (0.37%) Cilium
11 4 (0.29%) Istio
11 4 (0.29%) Packer
12 3 (0.22%) Nagios
12 3 (0.22%) Rancher
13 2 (0.15%) MIIS
13 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 122 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.42%) Google
3 50 (3.68%) Oracle
4 45 (3.31%) Typelevel
5 19 (1.40%) IBM
6 16 (1.18%) OpenAI
7 15 (1.10%) Red Hat
7 15 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.10%) SAP
8 14 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
8 14 (1.03%) Dynatrace
9 12 (0.88%) AppDynamics
10 10 (0.74%) Atlassian
10 10 (0.74%) Cisco
10 10 (0.74%) Palo Alto
10 10 (0.74%) Software AG
10 10 (0.74%) Splunk
11 9 (0.66%) Databricks
12 8 (0.59%) BiZZdesign
12 8 (0.59%) MuleSoft